CORRESPONDENCE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 11 August 1914, Page 4

CORRESPONDENCE.

PATRIOTIC FUND: A SUGGESTION

To the Editor

Sir, —Seeing that there are a large! number of our youns men volunteering for active service, and a number of | them left this morning, I would suggest that a patriotic fund be started at once, aad that the funds now being raised in this town to Durchase new instruments for the band be converted to a i^at-riotic movement, but still continue the carnival. Of course, the1 various committees would have to! meet and a^ree unanimously, which 11 have no doubt they would. * The band i would soon rfsise a lot more interest in themselves, and would at some later time easily raise the money to purchase their instruments, as everybody would remember how they came to the fore and showed their patriotic spirit in time of stress PATRIOTIC. Hawera. August 10. [Before this letter came to hand, Mr Kenrick. S.M., had offered to take charge of subscrintions for a patriotic fund.—Eel.]